Section 5AAA — Non-citizen’s responsibility in relation to protection claims

5AAA Non-citizen’s responsibility in relation to protection claims

(1) This section applies in relation to a non-citizen who claims to be a person in respect of whom Australia has protection obligations (however arising).

(2) For the purposes of this Act, it is the responsibility of the non-citizen to specify all particulars of his or her claim to be such a person and to provide sufficient evidence to establish the claim.

(3) The purposes of this Act include:

(a) the purposes of a regulation or other instrument under this Act; and

(b) the purposes of any administrative process that occurs in relation to:

(i) this Act; or

(ii) a regulation or instrument under this Act.

(4) To remove doubt, the Minister does not have any responsibility or obligation to:

(a) specify, or assist in specifying, any particulars of the non-citizen’s claim; or

(b) establish, or assist in establishing, the claim.